{"product_id":"maccabiah-the-long-ride-to-the-international-sports-games-hardcover-1","title":"Maccabiah: The Long Ride to the International Sports Games - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerry Olitzky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Bodin Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndré Ceolin\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn time for the 2025 Maccabiah Games, this picture book biography tells the origin story of the third-largest international sporting event and the unique problem-solving creator Yosef Yekutieli employed to make his dream possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1912, 15-year-old Yosef Yekutieli listened to radio broadcasts from the Stockholm Olympics and hatched an idea: an Olympic-style competition for Jewish athletes from around the globe in the brand-new city of Tel Aviv.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople initially didn't take him seriously, but that wouldn't stop Yosef. For the next two decades, he worked to make this idea a reality. There was no stadium, pool, or running track anywhere in British Mandate Palestine. But Yosef wasn't deterred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was one big problem left: there was no easy way to tell athletes about the games!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe solution: Motorcycles. Riding thousands of miles, over mountains and through deserts, motorcycle brigades announced the games to the world Jewish community. In 1932, the Maccabiah Games were born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.7 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45827831070917,"sku":"9781681156958","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/DiHo8KKBOB9781681156958_02e1f556-e78f-40f2-a697-963dbc81aebe.webp?v=1771155889","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/maccabiah-the-long-ride-to-the-international-sports-games-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}